| 英语单词 | palate |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 ['pælət] 美 ['pælət] |
| 中文释义 | n.上颚;味觉;口味 |
| 英语例句 | (1) There is something wrong with my palate. (2) I have a good palate for fine wine. (3) The fat meat soon disgusted the palate. (4) Spicy food suits my palate best. (5) This restaurant claims they have dishes to "satisfy the most discerning palate". |
| 中文例句 | (1) 我的上颚有些不适。 (2) 我善于品尝好酒。 (3) 大肥肉很快让人吃腻。 (4) 辛辣的食物最合我的口味了。 (5) 这家饭馆声称他们做的菜能满足最挑剔的口味. |
| vocabulary简明 | Touch your tongue to the top of your mouth. What you're touching is your palate. Palate is often used when discussing taste in a broader sense, as in: chocolate cake is pleasing to the palate. |
| vocabulary扩展 | A person with an expensive palate only likes high-priced culinary treats. Someone who tastes slight nuances in food is said to have a well-developed palate, and someone who only likes fancy food is said to have a sophisticated palate. In reality, there are no taste sensors on the palate –– they have well-developed tongues. But that doesn't sound sophisticated at all, does it? |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]腭 Your palate is the top part of the inside of your mouth. [usu poss N] 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词](对美食或美酒的)品尝力;味觉 You can refer to someone's palate as a way of talking about their ability to judge good food or drink. [usu with supp]
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